Church Road Cuve Hawke's Bay Merlot

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Church Road Cuve Hawke's Bay Merlot

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Michael Cooper (2008 Vintage) says

The great-value 2008 vintage was grown in the Gimblett Gravels and matured for nearly two years in French oak barriques (43 per cent new). Deeply coloured, it is very generous and sweet-fruited, with concentrated plum and spice flavours, spicy oak and buried tannins. A complex wine with slight coffee and dark chocolate notes, it should be long-lived.